Stewart Elected Emeritus

WILLIAM K. STEWART, professor of comparative literature here since 1919 and senior member of all the Dartmouth faculty, has been elected Professor Emeritus, President Hopkins announced recently. Mr. Stewart joined the Dartmouth faculty 44 years ago, in 1899, as an instructor in German and soon advanced to a full professorship in this department. In 1919 he inaugurated his course in comparative literature in which he has been extremely successful over a considerable period.

A native of Hamilton, Ontario, he received his education in both Canada and the United States, and holds degrees from the University of Toronto and Harvard. In addition, he has spent a great deal of time in Europe doing research and collecting material for his courses here.

Because of his proficiency in French, German, Italian, Spanish, and the Scandinavian languages, Mr. Stewart has become well known as a reviewer and translator of foreign as well as American and English books. His most recent work in this field was the editing of Adventures in WorldLiterature in 1936.

He is a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, the Modern Language Association of America, the Society for Advancement of Scandinavian Studies, and the American Association of University Professors.